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Taxonomy vs Rubric - What's the difference?

taxonomy | rubric |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and rubric

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while rubric is a heading in a book highlighted in red.

As an adjective rubric is

coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.

As a verb rubric is

to adorn with red; to redden.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    rubric

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rubrick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heading in a book highlighted in red.
  • A title of a category or a class.
  • :* That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
  • *
  • An established rule or custom, a guideline.
  • * Hook
    • All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics .
  • * De Quincey
    • Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.
    (Cowper)
  • (education) A printed set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * rubricate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • What though my name stood rubric on the walls / Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?
  • Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.

    • Verb

  • To adorn with red; to redden.
    • (Johnson)

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